Stocking and sock



A. M. S. SCHNIEBER STOCKING AND $00K Aug. 23, 1927. 1,640,255

Filed June 18, 1926 v Patented Aug. 23, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE.

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.lbpmafionhfi m, 8, 1926; Serial m. a e, nd in m larch 27.1926.

It is a well-known trouble that and socks, and in particular sportmghose and workmens stockings, frequently are worn out at the toe andheelwhile the leg 5. is not worn, and in such a case it'has -bee nnecessary to refoot such stoclnngs,-wh1ch.1s

i almost as expensive as to buy,newstock1ngs.

. The object of. the present invention is to remedy this trouble byknitting the stocking in such a mannerthat anyone can, withoutdifliculty, fit new foot sections to them, which foot sections could bemade at the same tune as the stockings or socks. a

Such loose foot sections may also be manufactured on a wholesale scaleand be sold with the respective stockings or separately. The essentialfeature of the invention consists therein that these loose foot sectionsare. made with several finishing edges at heel and toe, so that thejoining of a new foot section to an old legmay be higher or lower at thecalf than if there were only one finishing edge which, normally, shouldbe covered by the edge of the shoe. By the foot section thus providedwith several finishing edges the wear will fall below these and thelegof the stocking will be saved,so that the hereinafter described footsections will allow of successively replacing a number of foot-sections.

The invention is exemplified in the draw- 4 .(shown by dotted lines) oneach side of the stocking, commencing somewhat beyond the ankle andterminating a little before the toe. In this connection itmay be statedthat a finishing edge maybe made in various manners, the particularformation constituting no particular part of the invention, itbeing'sufli'cient that the article may be severed along such edgewithout causing an unravelling of the material while at the same timetwo of such edgesmay bereadily secured together..

From the lower end ofthe edge m, n a

edge extends from the one side.

across t e' foot to the other side as indicated by the line a, andparallel to this there are a number of furthergedges 6, 0,11. At theupper end of the fimshing edge m, a there are a corresponding number ofedges 6, f, g,

h'around the back of the heel.

The loose foot sections 4 are provided with corresponding edges at thetoe a, b, c andd, and e, f, g and 'll." at the heel.

When the original foot section 2 of the stocking has been worn out, itmaybe cut away along the edges Z-d, mh,

and a loose new section may be sewn in along the thus freed edges. Itwill be possible, according to requirements, to choose which of theedges a, b, c, d or e, f, g, it respectively, shall be used, sewmg thefoot sectlon 111 according to the respective edges, so

that the size of the stocking and the'posrtion of its foot remain thesame.

" Whereas it, until now, has been assumed that boththe stockings and theloose footsectlons are provided with several edges a, b, c,'d, e, f, g,h or o b, 0-, d, e, f, g, h, respectively, it is of course notnecessarythat both stocking, and foot section are provided them, and itwillbe sufficient if the stocking has a suitable number of such edges soas to prevent, each time a ing uniformly spaced and parallel to eachother, substantially set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

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